If a child's death and abuse, such as in the case of Baby Peter, are to be avoided, social services, health authorities, police and lawyers must learn the lessons and remember them: that children are just as likely to be abused or killed by women as they are by men.
The other thing all authorities need to remember is to speak to children in a language and vocabulary they can understand; even a child as young as three can give facts.
John Bell, co-director, Both Parents Forever
INTERNSHIPS ARE NO QUICK FIX
It's good news for young people that the government is responding to the interlinked issues of social mobility and youth unemployment by accepting the majority of the recommendations from the final report of the Milburn Commission.
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